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Node.js 20 is being deprecated on October 1, 2026

Following the Node.js 20 end of life on April 30, 2026, we are deprecating Node.js 20 for Builds and Functions on October 1, 2026. How can I see which of my projects are affected? You can see which of your projects are affected by this deprecation with: Will my existing deployments be affected? No, existing deployments with Serverless Functions Invocations to already-deployed functions will continue to work normally. Only new deployments will be affected.will not be affected. When will I no lon

Endform joins the Vercel Marketplace

is now available on the . It runs your Playwright tests in parallel, so your suite finishes in the time of your slowest test.EndformVercel Marketplace Key capabilities: Install Endform on the or with the Vercel CLI: .Vercel Marketplacevc i endform Read more Run every test on its own isolated machine, so they don't interfere Bring your existing Playwright tests with no config changes Get a pass/fail on every production and preview deployment, linked to full traces in the Endform dashboardche

AgentMail joins the Vercel Marketplace

You can now provision and manage directly from the Vercel Marketplace. AgentMail Your AI agents can send, receive, and respond to email from a real inbox. AgentMail handles the mail servers and deliverability. Key capabilities: Install AgentMail on the or with the Vercel CLI: .Vercel Marketplacevc i agentmail Read more Provision inboxes and custom domains through the API Handle threads, attachments, and deliverability out of the box Trigger agentic workflows using webhooks and WebSockets

Access and share AI Gateway leaderboard data

We are making the data behind the open under the . You can now download or query the data through the API endpoint and render any chart as a shareable image.AI Gateway leaderboardsCC BY 4.0 licenseleaderboard-export The AI Gateway leaderboards show how AI is used in production, ranking traffic for models, labs, apps, and providers. Data is aggregated daily across trillions of tokens, so you can see what gets adopted and how that changes over time. For deeper analysis, see the .July AI Gateway

This Week in Spring - July 14th, 2026

Manage secret scanning custom patterns via REST API

Starting today, security teams can create, edit, and manage secret scanning custom patterns with the REST API. What’s new The following endpoints are generally available: GET .../secret-scanning/custom-patterns list patterns POST… The post Manage secret scanning custom patterns via REST API appeared first on The GitHub Blog.

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A Deep Dive Into File Compression: How Data Gets Smaller, Why Codecs Differ, and What to Actually Use in the Lakehouse

Somewhere in your data platform right now, a single configuration property is quietly deciding a meaningful percentage of your storage bill, your query latency, and your compute spend. It is probably set to whatever the defaults were in 2019, nobody has looked at it since, and it is the compression codec. Compression is the most consequential invisible decision in data infrastructure. Every Parquet file in your lakehouse, every message crossing your network, every backup in your archive passed t